LOS ANGELES � Seymour Lazar, one of four defendants remaining in the criminal case against Milberg Weiss, has struck a plea deal with federal prosecutors, while another defendant, Paul Selzer, is in “serious discussions” to plead guilty.
Meanwhile, on Monday, a lawyer for Melvyn Weiss, founding partner of Milberg Weiss who was indicted last month on conspiracy and obstruction of justice charges, has asked a federal judge in Los Angeles to move the government’s criminal case to the Southern District of New York. The lawyer, Benjamin Brafman, a partner at New York-based Brafman & Associates, also sought to sever his client’s case from that against the firm.